Onomasticon of the Hittite Pantheon (2 vols)

Onomasticon of the Hittite Pantheon (2 vols)
Author: Ben van Gessel
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 1098
Release: 2015-11-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004294023

To find your way in the vast Hittite Pantheon is by no means an easy task. In his Onomasticon of the Hittite Pantheon Ben van Gessel lists all Hittite gods as known from primary sources. Their names are listed as written in Hittite, Sumerian and Akkadian. Moreover, deities not mentioned by a proper name are given. The work ends with the unclassifiable fragments of names. Apart from answering questions about the (often confusing) orthography of the gods' names, each entry categorizes information on their epithets, shrines, priests and servants, cult places, attributes and feasts, as well as about the actual locations in the texts. Where necessary, the author refers to relevant literature.

Onomasticon of the Hittite Pantheon, Volume 3

Onomasticon of the Hittite Pantheon, Volume 3
Author: Ben van Gessel
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2015-11-02
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9004294031

The Onomasticon of the Hittite Pantheon by Ben van Gessel was published in 1998. In three years time the work has established itself as the ultimate comprehensive reference work concerning the Hittite pantheon. With the publication of Part Three, the main work will be made accessible to a wider circle of all those interested in the ancient Near East. Moreover, it will prove to be an indispensable key to the abundance of information until now only to be found scattered throughout the Onomasticon. The easy-reference glossaries contain all the (word )forms quoted from Hittite texts in the Onomasticon. A special feature of these glossaries is that they not only give the (English) meaning of the (word) forms, but that they also indicate, where appropriate, in relation to which deities they may appear. Also of importance are the lists of personal and geographical names and festivals included. Part Three further includes additions resulting from new discoveries and corrections of earlier references in the Onomasticon.

Onomasticon of the Hittite Pantheon

Onomasticon of the Hittite Pantheon
Author: Ben H. L. Gessel
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 496
Release: 1998
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

This Onomasticon is an indispensable reference work listing the Hittite gods as known from primary sources. Besides the listing of the proper names of the deities, all other available information on their cults as well as actual location in the texts and relevant literature is given.

Onomasticon of the Hittite Pantheon

Onomasticon of the Hittite Pantheon
Author: Ben H. L. Gessel
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Total Pages: 496
Release: 1998
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

This Onomasticon is an indispensable reference work listing the Hittite gods as known from primary sources. Besides the listing of the proper names of the deities, all other available information on their cults as well as actual location in the texts and relevant literature is given.

Historical Dictionary of the Hittites

Historical Dictionary of the Hittites
Author: Charles Burney
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 423
Release: 2018-04-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 1538102587

The Hittites created one of the great civilizations of the ancient world, although it remained almost unknown until excavations in the early 20th century revealed the extent and importance of its culture. For nearly five centuries the Hittites controlled vast areas of Anatolia, by direct or indirect rule, engaging in almost incessant warfare, and, at the same time, making significant contributions to culture and religion of the region. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Hittites contains a chronology, an introduction, an appendix, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on mportant persons, places, essential institutions, and the significant aspects of the society, government, economy, material culture, and warfare. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Hittites.

Hittite Texts and Greek Religion

Hittite Texts and Greek Religion
Author: Ian Rutherford
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2020-08-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199593272

Our knowledge of ancient Greek religion has been transformed in the last century by an increased understanding of the cultures of the Ancient Near East. Using preserved cuneiform texts, this book explores cases of contact or influence between Ancient Greece and the Hittites to further our understanding of the complex history of religious practices.

Hittite Studies in Honor of Harry A. Hoffner, Jr

Hittite Studies in Honor of Harry A. Hoffner, Jr
Author: Harry A. Hoffner
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1575060795

A tribute to America's preeminent scholar of Hittite language and culture, Professor Harry A. Hoffner, Jr., of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. The thirty-four contributors, students, and colleagues treat topics as diverse as Hittite contacts with the Mycenaean Greeks, the topography of the Hittite capital, and various aspects of Hittite grammar and etymology.

Economy of Religions in Anatolia and Northern Syria

Economy of Religions in Anatolia and Northern Syria
Author: Manfred Hutter
Publisher: Ugarit-Verlag
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2019-10-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3868353151

"Religions" are always costly - one has to give offerings (with material value) to the gods, one has to provide the salary for religious specialists who offer their service for their clients, one has to arrange festivals and liturgies - and of course, one has to provide the material means for building temples or shrines. But these costs also repay - as the gods give health or well-being as reward for the offerings. Even if one can never be absolutely certain about such a reward, one at least might earn social reputation because of one's (financial) involvement in religion. But temples are also economic centres - "employing" (often in close relation to the palace) people as workers, craftsmen or "intellectuals" in different positions whose "costs of living" are supplied by the temple. Individual religious specialists receive payment for their service to cover their own costs of living. Although this might sound "modern", religion and economy were intertwined with each other in ancient society also. For this reason, the papers of this conference volume analyse and discuss how the cults, rituals and institutions in Anatolia in the 2nd and 1st millennium contribute to the economic process in those areas.

The Hittites and Their World

The Hittites and Their World
Author: Billie Jean Collins
Publisher: Society of Biblical Lit
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2012-11-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1589836723

Lost to history for millennia, the Hittites have regained their position among the great civilizations of the Late Bronze Age Near East, thanks to a century of archaeological discovery and philological investigation. The Hittites and Their World provides a concise, current, and engaging introduction to the history, society, and religion of this Anatolian empire, taking the reader from its beginnings in the period of the Assyrian Colonies in the nineteenth century B.C.E. to the eclipse of the Neo-Hittite cities at the end of the eighth century B.C.E. The numerous analogues with the biblical world featured throughout the volume together represent a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of the varied and significant contributions of Hittite studies to biblical interpretation.

Unpublished Bo-Fragments in Transliteration III (Bo 6087-Bo 6434)

Unpublished Bo-Fragments in Transliteration III (Bo 6087-Bo 6434)
Author: Oguz Soysal
Publisher: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2024-08-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1614911142

This volume continues the systematic edition of the unpublished Bo-texts deposited in the Museum of Ancient Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara. As in previous volumes, the text fragments are presented in both photographs and transliterations, with succinct philological notes explaining particular forms and relevant text variants. Several direct joins with other fragments were observed during the preparation of this volume, and the combined texts are presented here either through new photographs taken of the physically joined fragments or, where the fragments are dispersed among different museums, through digital image processing. The fragments dealt with here are mostly of a religious nature-predominantly rituals, festivals, cult inventories, and oracular texts. Two fragments are additions to the corpus of important historical compositions. A Kamruepa myth with a description of a volcanic eruption, a magical ritual concerning the West Anatolian foe Kukkulli, and festival instructions or preparations of Au?ani are also worth mentioning. A ?edammu myth fragment and several non-Hittite compositions (vocabulary, medical text, omen) represent further text varieties. Each text edition is accompanied, wherever possible, by information about its assignment to a Hittite text or text genre, the date of the composition, the fragment's measurements, and previous bibliography. The edition of these fragments has been long awaited by Hittitologists and has become an essential element in the history of Hittitology over the past thirty-five years.